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This is a proposal of amazing ambition and humanity. Let's hear it for Aubrey Merriman and Life Moves.

Is there a plan after "housing our neighbors" to get these people jobs? Before the unhoused move into homes which are subsidized by cities and corporations, there should be metrics for workable and working lives. There are job openings all over, but because of the Federal and State payments -- and free housing and meals -- there is not much incentive to work.

It would be nice if every city had a small community of these pre-fab units for the homeless population.

Kind of like a hostel.

How is it that in the richest area we can still have people who are plummeting into homelessness?" Merriman said.

Because the unsheltered homeless have either mental health issues, a substance abuse addiction, or both. See the UCLA study.

People should support themselves rather than seek to burden others to pay their way. Those mentally ill or addicted place a great burden, threatening the safety of others, and via hygiene and by disease transmission. This isn't fair to the rest of us to have them endangering others. Paying for people just encourages more if the bad behavior.

"Citizen", it would help if you did a little research on the effects of mental illness on people. Not everyone has a support system in place to help them. Addiction is often a result of trauma and mental issues. The government needs to step up and help these folks.

Many reports now of homeless who refuse to go into temporary homes because the requirements for being in the homes is too intrusive. The goal is to get them out there working and building new lives. Some do not want to follow the rules for being in the homes. Need to focus on those people who are willing to follow the rules and comply with the house rules. There is a wide range of personality types in the homeless caegory and there is no one-size fits all solution. Recognize the successes and acknowledge that not all situations are resolvable by throwing money at them.

>"Many reports now of homeless who refuse to go into temporary homes because the requirements for being in the homes is too intrusive."

True, but there is a partial solution.

In Los Angeles, the city is allowing homeless encampments and providing three meals a day at these designated areas.

The cost: $60,000.00 per homeless person per year.

Cities should actively pursue Gavin Newsom's homeless relief funds and then decide on their own whether to have homeless camps or to provide actual shelters.

where does Gavin get the money? Follow the money. Is it federal subsidy or state generated income from taxes? People keep providing solutions which only address their desired end solution. Start at the beginning of the problem - not the end of the problem. Every political topic out there is now ideology with no actual beginning and end result.

With all of its available land, Stanford University could/should consider assisting Palo Alto in reducing the homeless situation.

A pre-screening of homeless occupants would be imperative so that only Palo Alto retains the homeless individuals with prior arrest records, mental health and/or substance abuse issues.

Palo Alto has a larger police force and is better suited to handle the incorrigible ones.

We once took in a homeless person and after about two weeks in our ADU, the individual disappeared one day and never returned.

All that was missing was a blanket.

Perhaps other Palo Alto residents could invite a homeless person into their homes for a short period of time.

We prefer to give money to the homeless people we periodically encounter on the streets.

Not much, usually around $20.00 or so.

The monetary gift is always appreciated and we view it as an extension of Palo Alto hospitality and humanity.

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@Resident 1-Adobe Meadows

I think what Philomena (regardless of her residency) was trying to say is that she gives money to the homeless whenever she is in Palo Alto.

Nothing wrong with that.